Aqilah Darif

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What is considered growth rate in microalgae?

What are the stages/phases in phytoplankton that can be considered as growth rate? If I'd like to look at the survival of a diatom species, does every day calculation of growth rate must be...

03 June 2016 3,573 3 View

What is the endpoint of pH when measuring total alkalinity?

As I read more papers, I get confused as to the endpoint when measuring total alkalinity. Is it pH 4.5 or pH 3.7? Your help is much appreciated!

29 March 2016 2,280 3 View

Hi, can anyone help me identify this diatom.

This diatom can be found in Malaysian tropical waters and about 30 micron diameter in size. I hope someone can help me identify this Coscinodiscus until sp level. Here, I attached the picture of...

24 March 2016 1,814 24 View

Is there any reference that state the period of microalgae cultures to become nutrient-limited in a riched media?

I would like to know how long does it take for the diatom/dinoflagellate cultures to become nutrient-limited in f/2 or ESDK media? 2 or 3 months?

13 January 2016 9,420 8 View

How do I calculate growth rate of phytoplankton using chl a biomass?

Since there are only 3 sampling day (T1, T5 and T10), how do we calculate the growth rate using chl a biomass? Is it okay to use chl a instead of cell density?

15 November 2015 5,460 3 View

How to interpret nutrient-induced fluorescence transients (NIFTs) result when the graph does not stabilize?

I'm using the WaterPAM for the NIFT experiment. Even after more than 10 minutes of stabilization, the graph does not stabilize. How do we interpret the result (Ft), before and after nutrient addition?

15 November 2015 4,123 0 View